"Yea, every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess before him. Yea, even at the last day, when all men shall stand to be judged of him, then shall they confess that he is God; then shall they confess, who live without God in the world, that the judgment of an everlasting punishment is just upon them; and they shall quake, and tremble, and shrink beneath the glance of his all-searching eye."
Mosiah 27:31
The image of the all-searching eye is a powerful one here, and it kind of got to me today, thinking about how hard it can be even to search the internet, or for our lost car keys, let alone the whole earth or all of creation, or the entirety of a person's soul. All-searching is amazing... and also a little scary if it is us that are being searched. There are definitely some cobwebs and likely some nasty messes in store for someone who can see absolutely everything.
I think though that the all-searching eye holds out some hope as well, because God can see the potential and the possibility in each person and each moment. He can see how to solve every problem, even when we think there is no possible solution. He can show us the hope even in the midst of despair.
Even though this verse seems harsh, I don't think that it has to be. We can kneel and confess before God now, and have faith today in being judged completely, and fairly... and mercifully, and lovingly. God, who knows absolutely everything and can search ALL things, still loves us deeply and wholly. He sees more in us than we do in ourselves, and he wants nothing more than our happiness and our salvation. He can and will save us from ourselves if we go to him. Let's do it today rather than waiting until later. :)
Mosiah 27:31
The image of the all-searching eye is a powerful one here, and it kind of got to me today, thinking about how hard it can be even to search the internet, or for our lost car keys, let alone the whole earth or all of creation, or the entirety of a person's soul. All-searching is amazing... and also a little scary if it is us that are being searched. There are definitely some cobwebs and likely some nasty messes in store for someone who can see absolutely everything.
I think though that the all-searching eye holds out some hope as well, because God can see the potential and the possibility in each person and each moment. He can see how to solve every problem, even when we think there is no possible solution. He can show us the hope even in the midst of despair.
Even though this verse seems harsh, I don't think that it has to be. We can kneel and confess before God now, and have faith today in being judged completely, and fairly... and mercifully, and lovingly. God, who knows absolutely everything and can search ALL things, still loves us deeply and wholly. He sees more in us than we do in ourselves, and he wants nothing more than our happiness and our salvation. He can and will save us from ourselves if we go to him. Let's do it today rather than waiting until later. :)
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